I sat down with Hut 8 CEO @ashergenoot to discuss how he built a $12 billion company by embracing AI data centers and bitcoin mining. This conversation is packed with unique, nuanced insights into an industry that everyone is obsessed with right now. Enjoy! YouTube: Apple: Spotify: TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro 0:45 - Bitcoin mining to AI: the transition 3:09 - Data centers & community pushback 8:52 - Co-location & energy campuses 11:42 - Mega sites vs. smaller urban campuses 13:08 - Hardware innovation inside the data center 17:15 - How Hut 8 lands billion-dollar contracts 20:01 - The River Bend financing structure 24:19 - Build vs. acquire strategy 25:18 - Bottlenecks slowing AI buildout 27:36 - What keeps Asher up at night 30:40 - American Bitcoin update $HUT